Waiting for Sookie

I've got a fever and the only prescription is more True Blood!

Sounds gross, but I'm not the only one! All you have to do is Google it and you'll find scores of blogs and sites devoted to the undead fiction. It seems everyone is anxiously awaiting the next installments. The new season of True Blood isn't until June and the next Sookie Stackhouse novel doesn't drop until May. It feels like forever!

I've been itching for new vampire drama so I've been filling the void with Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Mysteries, which I found out today was supposed to become a TV series as well. Unfortunately the plans fell through, but how many new vampire TV adaptations can a girl follow? The Anita Blake books are pretty good. Lots of drama, action, character development and a heaping helping of sarcasm, but I like Charlaine Harris' writing style a bit more. Even so, I'm grateful for a new perspective on the genre.

Another thing I found out today was that Southern Comfort is now sponsoring the HBO series. So while we're all waiting for new installments on the TV and book fronts, let's have a toast to the blood-sucking spectacle that is True Blood with one of the drink recipes I found on Loving True Blood In Dallas:

The Sookie Swizzle 

This zest infused cocktail has plenty of bite. Southern Comfort mixed with the fresh fruit infused flavours of blood orange and lemon juice is a combination that is sure to stimulate your taste buds for all the right reasons.

Ingredients

50ml Southern Comfort

3 wedges Blood Orange

3 wedges lemon

15ml Sugar syrup

Dash of Peychaud’s Bitters

Served in a large rocks over crushed ice, muddle fruit and build in glass

Southern Merlotte’s Punch

This cunning concoction mixes Southern Comfort, red wine, with the juice of 1/2 a blood orange to create a taste tingling explosion of flavors.

Ingredients

35ml Southern Comfort

15ml Lemon Juice

25ml Apple Juice

50ml Merlot red wine

15ml Sugar syrup

1/2 blood orange (squeezed)

Dash of Peychaud’s Bitters

Shake and strain into a High Ball glass over cubed ice. Serve with a blood orange and lemon slice and garnish with mint sprig.

Southern Mary 

Move over Bloody Mary; make way for Southern Mary which offers an eclectic mix of Southern Comfort, tomato juice, Tabasco and red wine – sure to wow friends and family.

Ingredients

35ml Southern Comfort

15ml Red Wine

15ml Lemon Juice

Dash sugar syrup

80ml Tomato Juice

2 dash Tabasco

1 dash Lee and Perrings

Salt and pepper

Celery Stick

Mix the Southern Comfort, red wine, tomato and lemon juice together and stir. Add the Tabasco, Lee and Perrings sugar and salt. Sir again and garnish with celery stick.

Southern Blood

Mixes Southern Comfort, a traditional taste of New Orleans, with the juice of half a blood orange – an established drink with a dark twist.

Ingredients

50ml Southern Comfort

½ blood orange

Ice

Fill a glass halfway with ice and pour the Southern Comfort over. Squeeze the juice of half a blood orange and stir for a true taste of New Orleans, where Southern Comfort originates.

I'll let you know how they turn out when I try them. Skål! (that's cheers in Swedish)